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=== Refining Units === | === Refining Units === | ||
| − | * | + | * Atmospheric Distillation |
* Vacuum Distillation | * Vacuum Distillation | ||
* Fluidised Catalytic Cracker, 11,500 | * Fluidised Catalytic Cracker, 11,500 | ||
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=== Ongoing Projects === | === Ongoing Projects === | ||
| − | * | + | * The Alkylation unit is being revamped to the ISOALKY process which doesn't use hydrofloric acid |
=== Other Information === | === Other Information === | ||
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* 1985 - Big West acquired the complex | * 1985 - Big West acquired the complex | ||
* 2005 - UOP Announces CCR Platforming™ Unit Startup | * 2005 - UOP Announces CCR Platforming™ Unit Startup | ||
| + | * 2021 - UOP awarded Alkylation revamp project | ||
=== Links === | === Links === | ||
# [http://killajoules.wikidot.com/archive:uop-announces-flying-j-ccr-platforming-unit-startup UOP Announces Flying J CCR Platforming™ Unit Startup] | # [http://killajoules.wikidot.com/archive:uop-announces-flying-j-ccr-platforming-unit-startup UOP Announces Flying J CCR Platforming™ Unit Startup] | ||
# [http://www.nasdaq.com/markets/ipos/company/big-west-oil-partners-lp-764290-57022 BIG WEST OIL PARTNERS, LP IPO] | # [http://www.nasdaq.com/markets/ipos/company/big-west-oil-partners-lp-764290-57022 BIG WEST OIL PARTNERS, LP IPO] | ||
| − | # [ Big West Oil Proceeds with Honeywell To Revamp Alkylation Unit To ISOALKY™ Technology] | + | # [https://refiningnews.blogspot.com/2021/12/big-west-oil-proceeds-with-honeywell-to.html Big West Oil Proceeds with Honeywell To Revamp Alkylation Unit To ISOALKY™ Technology] |
[[category:Refinery]] | [[category:Refinery]] | ||
[[category:USA]] | [[category:USA]] | ||
Latest revision as of 11:35, 3 December 2021
Contents
Summary Information
- Ownership: Big West Oil LLC
- Website: http://www.bigwestoil.com/
- Location: Salt Lake City, Utah, USA
- Capacity: 1.75 million tons/annum & 35.000 bbl/day
- Nelson Complexity:
- Refining Depth:
Brief Description
- A small but medium complex refinery, focused on gasoline production and able to utilise waxy crudes
Refining Units
- Atmospheric Distillation
- Vacuum Distillation
- Fluidised Catalytic Cracker, 11,500
- CCR Platforming unit - UOP
- Naphtha Desulphurisation, 8,900
- Diesel Desulphurisation, 9,500
- Alkylation unit - 2,800 bpd
Terminal Capacity
- Crude Oil:
- Refined Products:
Crude Supply
- The Salt Lake refining complex's crude oil inputs consist of black wax crude oil and yellow wax crude oil from the nearby Uinta basin in northeastern Utah, light sweet crude oil (condensate) from Southwest Wyoming, or SWWS, and synthetic crude oil, or syncrude, from Canada.
Products Produced
- Products are primarily gasoline and diesel
- Big West sells the refined products from the Salt Lake refining complex in Utah, Idaho, Nevada, Wyoming, Colorado and Oregon.
- The refinery is connected to the [[[Northwest Product Pipeline]]]
Ongoing Projects
- The Alkylation unit is being revamped to the ISOALKY process which doesn't use hydrofloric acid
Other Information
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History
- 1948 - The Salt Lake refining complex was originally constructed
- 1985 - Big West acquired the complex
- 2005 - UOP Announces CCR Platforming™ Unit Startup
- 2021 - UOP awarded Alkylation revamp project
